Letter from Bourne Spooner, Plym[outh, Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1864 Aug[ust] 3

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Bourne Spooner, Plym[outh, Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1864 Aug[ust] 3
Description:
Bourne Spooner writes to William Lloyd Garrison about an article in the last issue of the Liberator and Garrison's reply to it. Spooner says he was "glad of an occasion that moved you to a defining of your present position" regarding his support for President Lincoln. He offers further support for Garrison's argument, suggesting that the "proslavery features of the Constitution had, by the Rebellion, become forfeited to freedom, and that President Lincoln, by exercising this new prerogative in an avowed purpose to annihilate the slave system in our land" deserved the support of all abolitionists.
Author:
Spooner, Bourne, 1790-1870
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
August 3, 1864
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Social reformers--United States
Spooner, Bourne, 1790-1870
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Extent:
1 leaf (1 p.) ; 25 x 20 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23x760z
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Plym[outh, Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white paper. Above the salutation, the number "130" is written in pencil.
Identifier:
4978555
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.33, p.76
Barcode:
39999085439568